MossRoad
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- Joined
- Aug 31, 2001
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- 57,729
- Location
- South Bend, Indiana (near)
- Tractor
- Power Trac PT425 2001 Model Year
You could get one of these battery operated fuel pumps for under $15 and drain the tank down pretty far into cans.No, I didn't play submarine with my Kubota unlike my neighbor (whose tractor refuses to die despite it).
Since I am not able to hold a full five gallon container of diesel at arm's length in order to fuel my (no longer overheating) B2601, I've been using a hand operated pump with a short 12" discharge hose on it. The fuel container goes on the floor in front of the seat, the discharge hose goes in the tank, and a few minutes of operation fills the tank. So far so good.
The discharge hose slipped off the end of the pump and guess where it decided to take up residence? Sploosh - blub. It is now down in the tank, somewhere.
Flashlight showed nothing - it is a black hole. Ran the tractor for a while to lower the fuel level, tried again, couldn't see a thing. I have a "gripper", has a button on the top, semi-flexible, four wire fingers come out the bottom, release the button slowly and the fingers are supposed to grab things.
Can't find a dang thing . . . I know it is in there somewhere, I watched it disappear (probably snickering at me as it went).
Plan A: Ignore it - the hose isn't fuel soluble anyway, and it doesn't seem to be hurting anything. Not a good idea, and I don't like ignoring things like that.
Plan B: Drain the tank, try again with the gripper and some more imaginative profanity than "dagnammit".
Plan C: Call Ahhnold to come pick the tractor up, turn it upside down and shake it. He might be available now that he isn't the Governator of California any more.
Probably by far the best plan: Ask the crew here on TBN for suggestions!!!!
Best Regards,
Mike/Florida
Is there a water/fuel separator on that machine? If so, you could open that and drain the tank the rest of the way down into cans as well.
Then you might be able to see into the tank bottom and see the hose laying there.
Can you "stick" the tank to see how deep it is? That might give you an idea of how long of a reaching tool you'd need.